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InOBUs Band...

13 Jan 00 - 03:06 PM (#162278)
Subject: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

Sorcha Dorcha Homepage I hope this link works for those who want to see our band on the road... at least how we would like to travel...
All the best
Larry


13 Jan 00 - 03:50 PM (#162296)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: paddymac

Traditional to the core!


13 Jan 00 - 04:22 PM (#162307)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: katlaughing

Very Kool, Larry/Lorcan. Now I really want to come sing with ya'll! Nice artwork/photo/design!

katlaughing


13 Jan 00 - 04:26 PM (#162309)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: peg

cool picture! a heavy horse, indeed... Dark Sarah is a nice name, too...very evocative...

will keep you posted about my trip to NYC; would still love to jam with you!

peace

peg


13 Jan 00 - 04:48 PM (#162321)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Áine

A Lorcan, a stór,

I agree with kat, that is a great picture. But, I was surprised that you used the translation of 'Sara' from Sorcha, instead of using the translation of 'brightness and/or light'. That would go so well with your black & white graphic -- and people would think you were 'oh so deep' ;-) . . .

Ádh mór ort féin agus ar do ghrúpa! -- Áine


13 Jan 00 - 04:49 PM (#162322)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Áine

P.S. I'd love to sing with you,too! But, the commute from Texas to you would be a killer!

-- Áine


13 Jan 00 - 05:33 PM (#162340)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: McGrath of Harlow

Maybe you could get the horse to play the bodhran as well as being the roadie?


13 Jan 00 - 05:34 PM (#162341)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

Aine: Absoultly! Sorcha Dorcha is the patron saint of Pavees (travellers) and the name is as you say, about a being who is both of light and darkness, in fact, she is the Irish equvilent to the European Roma Kali Maria, who is Dark Mary - both the Virgin Mary and a darker side, because she embodies the concept we brought out of India 1,000 years ago, that being a saint who embodies Siva, goddess of decay and destruction and Ganesh, the god of creation. In English she is sometimes, Saint Sarah, and thus, Dark Sarah, or Sarah of Darkness.
If you cant commute from Texas, I will have to have a word with the Harse...
Slan
Lor


13 Jan 00 - 05:36 PM (#162343)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

Sorry McGrath:
But the horse cant sing AND play an instrument at the same time!!!
Larry


13 Jan 00 - 05:38 PM (#162344)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Áine

A Lorcan,

You do that -- I love horses!

Do chara, Áine


13 Jan 00 - 05:43 PM (#162347)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Little Neophyte

Love the logo for your Sorcha Dorcha Ballad & Ceile Band
The photo is wonderful! Thanks for sharing it with us Larry.
BB


13 Jan 00 - 05:43 PM (#162348)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: catspaw49

...Oh, I think it probably can Larry,if you get my drift......and stay out from behind the horse.

Nice pic and page. Very cute and well done!!

Spaw


13 Jan 00 - 05:47 PM (#162349)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

A Spaw, old pal!
By that do you mean the Harse should ride, and I pull the Voodron (wagon)?
Larry


13 Jan 00 - 05:58 PM (#162354)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Mbo

WHOA! LARRY! YES! The page RULES! As a graphic design major, I can truly say your website shows impeccable design and superb artistic taste. Is that you driving with pipes on your knee? So your real name is Lorcan. I think I like that more than Larry! I've read about lots of heroes in Irish history with that name. It makes you sound so great and masterful! I'm telling you, Larry, I'm gonna come up to New York one of these days and play with your band! One day!

--Mbo


13 Jan 00 - 06:05 PM (#162360)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

Ah Mbo, That is me indeed, Horse and Voodron not included, however. I did hang about with Pavees in the last horse drawn days in Ireland, and miss those days as much as the photo insinuates.
I went so far as to put a down payment on a wagon undercarrige in Canada, but I could not find a place to build it. Some day!!! Building a voodron is not much different than building an Irish currach (what I did before law school).
Larry


13 Jan 00 - 06:15 PM (#162369)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: katlaughing

Larry/Lor, there are plenty of old sheepwagons out here need rebuilding; want me to ship one out to ya? Same basic shape. And, my daughter's horse/pony (much like the sturdy one who's in your band), in Colorado, at the remarkable age of 34, can still pull a wagon, so maybe we could meet in the middle, say....at Spaw's!??

Seriously, do let us know when a CD or tape becomes available, please?!

katlaughing


13 Jan 00 - 06:27 PM (#162376)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Micca

InOBU, this Dark Sara sounds more like The Morrigan, cf Book of Invasions, "Battle of Mag Tuiradh" and cf also Tain Bo Cualigne " Death of Cuchulain" I always felt She has a lot in common with Siva. BTW love the pic and artwork, you have set yourselves a high standard. All the best. Micca


13 Jan 00 - 06:27 PM (#162377)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

Dear kat:
I will let folks know when CD and tapes are available, and we will have a good quality concert tape available informally soon, first.
The undercarridge for a voodron should be a light waggon, but at least big enough to justify a fifth wheel. I will ask my friend Mari Ferrel - the curator of wagons at the Stoney Brook musiums, how best to describe it... lighter than many farm wagons... sort of like the milk delivery wagons ... Mari also raises draugh horses, and each kind of wagon takes a different breed.
About the fellow in the forground. I have spent a lot of time with the horses, and I still am not sure which end with which one speaks.
All the best
Larry ( or Lor)


13 Jan 00 - 06:47 PM (#162395)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: Áine

If you're wondering what the heck Larry's talking about, click here.

This site also links to other informational pages about the Roma in different countries.

-- Áine


13 Jan 00 - 07:10 PM (#162407)
Subject: RE: InOBUs Band...
From: InOBU

Ceart go lear, Aine!
Here is another great Wardo/Voodron cite...
Also click here!
All the best
Larry